Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-01-07
NO. 49,.
NEWS NOTES.
DOMESTIC

DUNES TIC.
Qusrtermaster-Ge General Olmstead, of
Governor Lounsbury's staff, Conn, has ap-
pointed Colonel A. G. Morgan of Colchester
assistant quartermaster~general.
A fire in Texarkana, Ark, DESTROYED the
old freight Office of the Iron Mountain Rail-
way Company, master mechanics Office car
sheds and store rooms Of the Texas and Pa
cifc & Iron Mountain railway. The loss is
S25, 900.
Napoleon Richards of Keene, N. H, under
took to end his life by taking a dose of poi
son, Dec. 81. Medical aid was quickly sum
moned and his recovery is now assured,
Trouble with his wife is undoubtly the cause.
He attempted suicide once before, two years
ago
Michael Maloney of Chicago stabbed his
son and daughter Dec. 80, and they will
probably die.
Two men walked into the back room Of
The. confectionery OF q. Zspin, in Cincinnati
Dec. 30, when the proprietor came back
presented pistols'at his head and robbed him
Of $3.50. They then bound and gagged him
and made their escape.
James E. Fellows, the agent of the Tobey
Furniture Company of Chicago, whom Bill
liardist George F. Slosson had arrested on
charge of perjury, has sued Slosson for $25,-
600 damage. The charge of perjury was
dismissed, and Fellows now wants damages
for false imprisonment
A squad of six convicts, working on the
Augusta & Chattanooga railroad, over
powered and disarmed their guards on
Saturday last, and, with picks and shovels,
triumphantiy marched into the adjoining
woods and escaped.
Cold weather is reported at st. Paul,
Mimi, the mercury registering "A TO 26
degrees below zero Reports from various
in fha eto 10 cbA,x 4ln
ranged from E5 to 30 degrees below zero.
Officer Michael OBrien of Chicago, wko
was wounded in the leg at the Hiymarhet
riot, is in a critical condition. His thigh is
now swollen to double its normal size and
his friends fear blood poisoning. He has q
wife and three small children.
The jewelry store of A. B. e ]. Holmes,
Jr., Newark N. j., was recently entered by
burglars and about $500 worth of jewelry
stolen.
Lindsey Wyman, a workman in the Con-
toocook mills, N. H., turned to speak to a
fellow-w orkman when he found that he had
lost the power of speech, and could neither
speak out loud MOI. .eveniwhisper
George Crosby, well-to-do farmer resid-
ing in Thompson, CT, was on January 1St
found dead at his barn door. He was about
60 years of age, and leaves family, Heart
disease was the cause,
Charles Purington, West Bath, Me-
farmer, was knocked down on Lime Rock
hill, one mile from this city, while on his
way home, and robbed of $40 by four men,
George L. Connor, for long time the gen.
eral passenger agent of the Fall River line,
with headquarters in New York, has been
given charge of the same department for the
entire Old Colony system, Mr.. Sprague as
sumiug other duties.
In the Providence divorce cases, Foster is
granted divorce, but Mrs. Goodelrs petition
is denied.
Mr. William j. Dale, Jr., of Andover,
Mass, has assumed his duties as assistant
postmaster Of Boston
1t is officially stated that Mr.. j. R. Wat
son, the general passenger agent of the
Fitchburg railroad, will hereafter have
charge of the ticket department also of that
company. Mr.. Watson'S office will be re-
moved to the passenger station on Cal way
street, Boston, where al commun cations
relative to the passenger traffic, tickets or
advertising Should be addressed. This
change shows the company's appreca-
tion Of Mr.. Watson's long and valued SER
vices.